diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/ContainerBuilder.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/ContainerBuilder.cs
index 190d77eb4..6bcbc0e64 100644
--- a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/ContainerBuilder.cs
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/ContainerBuilder.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using BoDi;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Configuration;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Plugins;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Tracing;
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ namespace TechTalk.SpecFlow.Infrastructure
 {
     public interface IContainerBuilder
     {
-        IObjectContainer CreateGlobalContainer(IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider = null);
+        IObjectContainer CreateGlobalContainer(Assembly testAssembly, IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider = null);
         IObjectContainer CreateTestThreadContainer(IObjectContainer globalContainer);
         IObjectContainer CreateScenarioContainer(IObjectContainer testThreadContainer, ScenarioInfo scenarioInfo);
         IObjectContainer CreateFeatureContainer(IObjectContainer testThreadContainer, FeatureInfo featureInfo);
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ public ContainerBuilder(IDefaultDependencyProvider defaultDependencyProvider = n
             _defaultDependencyProvider = defaultDependencyProvider ?? DefaultDependencyProvider;
         }
 
-        public virtual IObjectContainer CreateGlobalContainer(IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider = null)
+        public virtual IObjectContainer CreateGlobalContainer(Assembly testAssembly, IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider = null)
         {
             var container = new ObjectContainer();
             container.RegisterInstanceAs<IContainerBuilder>(this);
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ public virtual IObjectContainer CreateGlobalContainer(IRuntimeConfigurationProvi
 
             var unitTestProviderConfigration = container.Resolve<UnitTestProviderConfiguration>();
 
-            LoadPlugins(configurationProvider, container, runtimePluginEvents, specFlowConfiguration, unitTestProviderConfigration);
+            LoadPlugins(configurationProvider, container, runtimePluginEvents, specFlowConfiguration, unitTestProviderConfigration, testAssembly);
 
             runtimePluginEvents.RaiseConfigurationDefaults(specFlowConfiguration);
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ public IObjectContainer CreateFeatureContainer(IObjectContainer testThreadContai
         }
 
         protected virtual void LoadPlugins(IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider, ObjectContainer container, RuntimePluginEvents runtimePluginEvents,
-            SpecFlowConfiguration specFlowConfiguration, UnitTestProviderConfiguration unitTestProviderConfigration)
+            SpecFlowConfiguration specFlowConfiguration, UnitTestProviderConfiguration unitTestProviderConfigration, Assembly testAssembly)
         {
             // initialize plugins that were registered from code
             foreach (var runtimePlugin in container.Resolve<IDictionary<string, IRuntimePlugin>>().Values)
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ public IObjectContainer CreateFeatureContainer(IObjectContainer testThreadContai
             var pluginLocator = container.Resolve<IRuntimePluginLocator>();
             var pluginLoader = container.Resolve<IRuntimePluginLoader>();
             var traceListener = container.Resolve<ITraceListener>();
-            foreach (var pluginPath in pluginLocator.GetAllRuntimePlugins())
+            foreach (var pluginPath in pluginLocator.GetAllRuntimePlugins(Path.GetDirectoryName(testAssembly?.Location)))
             {
                 LoadPlugin(pluginPath, pluginLoader, runtimePluginEvents, unitTestProviderConfigration, traceListener);
             }
diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/IRuntimePluginLocator.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/IRuntimePluginLocator.cs
index bf8425794..a57126ef0 100644
--- a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/IRuntimePluginLocator.cs
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/IRuntimePluginLocator.cs
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ namespace TechTalk.SpecFlow.Plugins
     public interface IRuntimePluginLocator
     {
         IReadOnlyList<string> GetAllRuntimePlugins();
+        IReadOnlyList<string> GetAllRuntimePlugins(string testAssemblyLocation);
     }
 }
diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/RuntimePluginLocator.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/RuntimePluginLocator.cs
index 81d044abb..a49a6d9d2 100644
--- a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/RuntimePluginLocator.cs
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Plugins/RuntimePluginLocator.cs
@@ -17,13 +17,21 @@ public RuntimePluginLocator(IRuntimePluginLocationMerger runtimePluginLocationMe
         }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<string> GetAllRuntimePlugins()
+        {
+            return GetAllRuntimePlugins(null);
+        }
+
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> GetAllRuntimePlugins(string testAssemblyLocation)
         {
             var allRuntimePlugins = new List<string>();
 
             allRuntimePlugins.AddRange(SearchPluginsInFolder(Environment.CurrentDirectory));
             allRuntimePlugins.AddRange(SearchPluginsInFolder(_pathToFolderWithSpecFlowAssembly));
 
-
+            if (testAssemblyLocation.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                allRuntimePlugins.AddRange(SearchPluginsInFolder(testAssemblyLocation));
+            }
 
             return _runtimePluginLocationMerger.Merge(allRuntimePlugins.Distinct().ToList());
         }
diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/TestRunnerManager.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/TestRunnerManager.cs
index 427d3a9db..de76168dd 100644
--- a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/TestRunnerManager.cs
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/TestRunnerManager.cs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private static ITestRunnerManager CreateTestRunnerManager(Assembly testAssembly,
         {
             containerBuilder = containerBuilder ?? new ContainerBuilder();
 
-            var container = containerBuilder.CreateGlobalContainer();
+            var container = containerBuilder.CreateGlobalContainer(testAssembly);
             var testRunnerManager = container.Resolve<ITestRunnerManager>();
             testRunnerManager.Initialize(testAssembly);
             return testRunnerManager;
diff --git a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/PluginTests.cs b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/PluginTests.cs
index d4438bb94..9daa4da2b 100644
--- a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/PluginTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/PluginTests.cs
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ public override void RegisterGlobalContainerDefaults(BoDi.ObjectContainer contai
 
             var runtimePluginLocator = new Mock<IRuntimePluginLocator>();
             runtimePluginLocator.Setup(m => m.GetAllRuntimePlugins()).Returns(new List<string>() { "aPlugin" });
+            runtimePluginLocator.Setup(m => m.GetAllRuntimePlugins(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(new List<string>() { "aPlugin" });
 
 
             var pluginLoaderStub = new Mock<IRuntimePluginLoader>();
diff --git a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/TestThreadContextTests.cs b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/TestThreadContextTests.cs
index 0bb0af5ee..c6b159ce5 100644
--- a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/TestThreadContextTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/Infrastructure/TestThreadContextTests.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public void Should_be_able_to_resolve_from_scenario_container()
             // this basically tests the special registration in DefaultDependencyProvider
 
             var containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
-            var testThreadContainer = containerBuilder.CreateTestThreadContainer(containerBuilder.CreateGlobalContainer());
+            var testThreadContainer = containerBuilder.CreateTestThreadContainer(containerBuilder.CreateGlobalContainer(typeof(TestThreadContextTests).Assembly));
             var contextManager = CreateContextManager(testThreadContainer);
             contextManager.InitializeFeatureContext(new FeatureInfo(FeatureLanguage, "test feature", null));
             contextManager.InitializeScenarioContext(new ScenarioInfo("test scenario", "test_description"));
diff --git a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestObjectFactories.cs b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestObjectFactories.cs
index 5f76e452e..8ac4f4b79 100644
--- a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestObjectFactories.cs
+++ b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestObjectFactories.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ internal static IObjectContainer CreateDefaultFeatureContainer(StringConfigProvi
 
         private static IObjectContainer CreateDefaultGlobalContainer(IRuntimeConfigurationProvider configurationProvider, Action<IObjectContainer> registerGlobalMocks, ContainerBuilder instance)
         {
-            var globalContainer = instance.CreateGlobalContainer(configurationProvider);
+            var globalContainer = instance.CreateGlobalContainer(typeof(TestObjectFactories).Assembly, configurationProvider);
             registerGlobalMocks?.Invoke(globalContainer);
             return globalContainer;
         }
diff --git a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestRunnerManagerTest.cs b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestRunnerManagerTest.cs
index c05dacc8f..c460d8d28 100644
--- a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestRunnerManagerTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.RuntimeTests/TestRunnerManagerTest.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class TestRunnerManagerTest
 
         public TestRunnerManagerTest()
         {
-            var globalContainer = new ContainerBuilder().CreateGlobalContainer();
+            var globalContainer = new ContainerBuilder().CreateGlobalContainer(typeof(TestRunnerManagerTest).Assembly);
             testRunnerManager = globalContainer.Resolve<TestRunnerManager>();
             testRunnerManager.Initialize(anAssembly);
         }